30 October 2007

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Signs Mutual Assistance Agreement with the Ambassador of the Republic of Mauritius

This news release was issued by US Customs and Border Protection on 29 October 2007.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner W. Ralph Basham has signed a Customs Mutual Assistance Agreement with His Excellency Keerteecoomer Ruhee, Ambassador of the Republic of Mauritius, on behalf of Mauritius for a bilateral exchange of enforcement

information.

The agreement was signed October 25 in Washington and provides the legal framework for the exchange of information between CBP and the Republic of Mauritius. The Customs Mutual Assistance Agreement is an effective means for enhancing the enforcement of national customs laws, particularly in relation to commercial fraud, narcotics trafficking and combating terrorism….

The agreement provides a structure for mutual assistance to prevent, investigate and repress any offense against the customs laws of either country. In the context of burgeoning trade customs administrations increasingly depend on cooperation and mutual assistance as a way to augment national efforts to enforce customs legal controls.

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